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Indian rupee
The
Rupee
, or more specifically the
Indian Rupee
(
symbol
: ₹;
ISO code
:
INR
) (Unicode U+20B9) is the official
currency
of the
Republic of India
. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the
Reserve Bank of India
. It is named after the silver coin,
rupiya
, first issued by
Sultan
Sher Shah Suri
in the 16th century and later continued by the
Mughal Empire
.
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